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William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps | |
Born | New Haven, Connecticut |
January 2, 1865
Died | August 21, 1943 New Haven, Connecticut |
(aged 78)
Other names | Billy |
Occupation | Professor of English Literature, author |
Known for | Yale University Lampson Professor of English Literature. Taught first American university course in the modern novel. |
Spouse(s) | Annabel Hubbard |
Parent(s) | Sylvanus Dryden Phelps, Sophia Emilia Linsley |
William Lyon Phelps (January 2, 1865 New Haven, Connecticut – August 21, 1943 New Haven, Connecticut) was an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He was a well-known speaker who drew large crowds. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous popular books and articles.
Early life and education[edit]
Phelps' father Sylvanus Dryden Phelps was a Baptist minister, and the family has deep ancestral roots in Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] William as a child was a friend of Frank Hubbard, the son of Langdon Hubbard, a lumber merchant who founded Huron City, Michigan. Phelps earned a B.A. in 1887, writing an honors thesis on the Idealism of George Berkeley.[2] He earned his Ph.D.in 1891 from Yale and in the same year his A.M. from Harvard.[2] He taught at Harvard for a year, and then returned to Yale where he was offered a position in the English department. He taught at Yale the rest of life.[2]
Phelps was engaged to marry Frank's sister Annabel when Langdon Hubbard died.[3] Annabel inherited the family estate and William christened it "The House of the Seven Gables," after the Nathanial Hawthorne story of the same name. Her father built the house in 1882 on a bluff overlooking Lake Huron.[4] The couple was married on the estate on December 21, 1892[4] and it became their summer home.
Phelps converted the space in front of the house from a trotting track into a private 18-hole golf course in 1899.[4][5] and they lived there part-time from 1893 through 1933, when he retired, and full-time through 1938.[3] They had no children.
Academic and professional life[edit]
Phelps was very athletic and played what was then the new game of baseball as well as golf and lawn tennis. He studied novelists like Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev. During his first year at Yale he offered a course in modern novels. This brought the university considerable attention nationally and internationally which upset his tenured peers at Yale. He agreed to give up the course for a while to avoid the media attention. Responding to popular demand by his students, and to avoid scrutiny, he taught the same course outside the official curriculum. Once the unfavorable attention died down, he was appointed Lampson Professor of English Literature in 1901.[6]
Phelps' courses became the most popular and well attended on campus. He had an engaging speaking style and was personally involved with what he taught. He wrote about English and European literature. During trips to Europe he met many of the leading writers of the turn of the 19th century.[7]
Phelps taught at Yale for 41 years before retiring in 1933. From 1941 to 1943 he was the director of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.[8]
Public speaking and writing[edit]
Phelps could be an incandescent and inspirational orator, drawing large audiences wherever he spoke. He lectured on the famous Town Hall Lecture circuit nationwide.[6] During the summer of 1922, the pastor of the Huron City Methodist Episcopal Church asked him to preach regularly for the season. He had previously preached there occasionally, and his afternoon services started to attract large crowds. The little church was remodeled twice in 1925 and again in 1929 to accommodate the crowds.[7] His wife's parents made substantial contributions that made the expansions possible.[6]
At the height of his speaking popularity from 800 and 1,000 people attended his summer services.[6] Some first hand accounts describe overflow crowds sitting outside the packed church so they could listen through the windows.[7] He became known throughout the world as a leading literary scholar, educator, author, book critic and preacher.[6]
After his retirement from Yale, he continued to present public lectures, radio talks, and write a daily newspaper column about books and authors. He continued to give a series of Sunday sermons each summer and offer a 20-week lecture course in literature during the winter. He presented several college commencement addresses each year and served as a judge of the Pulitzer Prize for literature and on book club selection committees.[9]
During his time as a Yale professor, Phelps invited a number of the Senior Class' notable students together in 1884 and founded The Pundits. They dined weekly at Mory's, a private club adjacent to the campus. The group regularly lampooned the campus with elaborate pranks.
Phelps encouraged Alexander Smith Cochran to dedicate the Cochran family's extensive collection of Shakespearean folios and other rare books to endow a private club for the arts and humanities. This became the Elizabethan Club which is still active as of 2013.
In 1938, Life magazine ran an article profiling Phelps' life. His wife Annabel died of a stroke in 1939 and William died in 1943. Phelps bequeathed the house to his niece Carolyn Hubbard Parcells Lucas. In 1951, a museum was opened in the home to house Phelps' library and to focus on the history of Huron City. In 1964, the Pointe aux Barques Life Saving Station house was moved here. In 1987, Carolyn Lucas died, and the William Lyon Phelps Foundation took over the house and museum.[3]
"If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible."
"The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others."
"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
"This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him."
"I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women; but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible."
The professor asked his students to discuss the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins' "sprung rhythm" technique. One young man handed in his exam reading, "Only God knows the answer to your question. Merry Christmas." Professor Phelps returned the paper after Christmas with the note, "Happy New Year. God gets an A—you get an F."[10]
His works include:
- The Beginnings of the English Romantic Movement: A Study in Eighteenth Century Literature (1893)[11]
- Essays on Modern Novelists (1910)[12]
- Essays on Russian Novelists (1911)[13]
- Essays on Books (1914)[14]
- The Advance of the English Novel (1916)
- The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century (1918)[15]
- Archibald Marshall A Realistic Novelist (1919)
- Essays on Modern Dramatists (1921–1922)<
- Some Makers of American Literature (1923)
- As I Like It (1923)
- Essays on Things (1930)
- What I Like (in Prose) (1933)
- Autobiography with Letters (1939)
- Marriage (1940)
- ^ Edmund Rice (1638) Association. 2012. Descendants of Edmund Rice (CD-ROM)
- ^ a b c "Guide to the William Lyon Phelps Papers". Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c "River Country Heritage Water Trails". Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c Eicher, Al. "The Way It Was…". Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "Women: Daughter's Revolution". Time. May 14, 1928. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Huron City Museum – Church". Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Huron City History". Huron City History. Archived from the original on April 20, 2003. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ "William Lyon Phelps Biography". Basic Famous People. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "Phelps Leads Strenuous 'Retired' Life". Bad Axe, Michigan: Huron Daily Tribune. 1933.
- ^ Shalala, Donna E. (May 20, 2000). "Advice for the Class of 2000". North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- ^ Full text of "The beginnings of the English romantic movement; a study in eighteenth century literature"
- ^ Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps
- ^ Essays On Russian Novelists
- ^ Essays on books, by William Lyon Phelps. / Phelps, William Lyon, 1865–1943
- ^ The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by William Lyon Phelps
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There were already stains available that could make a histologist's life easier: you take the tissue you want to study, slice it very thinly with a microtome, and then soak the slice in a special dye that only "impregnates" (soaks into) certain structures. This makes the different features (cells, parts of cells, extracellular matrix) easy to see, and easy to tell apart from each other. However, there were no stains that worked well on brain tissue. Golgi had to invent one.
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All right. So my initial plan to do a big whopping monthly column is a little behind, as one can plainly see… So rather than do one big honking column about WWE and TNA, let's start with the news first… Namely the next series of CLASSIC SUPERSTARS that seems to have injected some adrenaline into the Jakks WWE line.
Hot off the success of the recent TREACHEROUS TRIOS 3-packs… Jakks has decided to release 2 new "Classic" 3-packs… One that makes sense and one that I guess, uh, somebody out there was demanding…
First we get 3 variations on Mark Calloway, THE UNDERTAKER… We get the black & gray outfit he wore early on, the infamous "mask" he sported for a while, and of course, his "American Badass" persona. What, no "Fake Undertaker" variant? Who out there remembers the Million Dollar Man's phoney baloney "Undertaker" who feuded with the real Undertaker? Anyway, here's a pic of "The Undertaker Evolution."
Secondly, we get… Umm… "The Forgotten Sidekicks" 3-packs maybe? I think the official name is "Classic Tag Teams Gone Solo," and Bucky Barnes would be proud! We get Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart from his solo days away from the HART FOUNDATION… Ditto Marty Jannety, one-half of "The Rockers" tag Team from his reeeaally forgettable solo career (what, no Al Snow fig from "the NEW Rockers?") and finally, one-half of "Strike Force"… Tito Santana! (Donde esta mi "El Modelo" Rick Martel?) Santana, like Jannety, is dressed in an outfit from his solo career.
Both these 3-packs are WAL-MART EXCLUSIVES… So don't be checking Targets for 'em!
Wrestlingfigs.com has images up of the NEW WWE/F Classic 2-packs… for the first time we're seeing THE WILD SAMOANS (Afa & Sika) taking advantage of what seems to be the Yokozuna body sculpt… As well as Luke & Butch: THE BUSHWHACKERS… (Headsculpts could use a little help, especially on Luke… Butch is okay from my pov—thankfully no "licking action!") Does anybody remember when they used to call themselves the "New Zealand Sheepherders?")
Speaking of the Bushwhackers… Jakks & TRU—how about producing a couple of Tag Teams they feuded with? Namely THE NASTY BOYS (Brian Nobs & Jerry Saggs) and RHYTHM & BLUES (The Honky Tonk Man and in-scale Greg "The Hammer" Valentine to go with Brutus Beefcake to re-form "The Dream Team."
The third 2-pack is the Bionic Redneck himself packaged with Hot Rod from their most recent mini-feud. Stone Cold Steve Austin with a recent t-shirt (instead of "Unleash Hell" it reads "Unleash Austin") complete with knee-braces as well as Roddy Piper with short hair.
Check out the images yourself at: wrestleingfigs.com
And while I'm at it, Collectorsfirst.com is reporting that WAVE 8 of Classic Superstars will include:
Thunderlips himself! HULK HOGAN (from Wrestlemania 1)
But who's side is he on??? HULK HOGAN (from nWo)
It's Vader time! The man who ripped off Mick Foley's ear… BIG VAN VADER!
Roddy Piper's right-hand man, Randy Orton calls him "Daddy," the rest of us call him COWBOY BOB ORTON (Jakks—don't forget the arm cast!)
For Andy Kaufman and all you pencil-necked geeks… CLASSY FREDDIE BLASSIE! Have Breakfast with him!
Andy Kaufman's arch-enemy, JERRY THE "KING" LAWLER!
He was murdered years ago in another country… a moment of silence for BRUISER BRODY!
To heck with Tatanka, we want an even MORE classic CHIEF JAY STRONGBOW!
Let's wrap up this mini-update with some images Jakks-Pacific released of WWE/F Classic Superstars Wave 7…
(Before Bobby the Brain Heenan and Big John Studd cut his crazy locks! Who can forget the bag-o-Andre-hair Heenan taunted him with for years!)
The late-great BRITISH BULLDOG DAVEY BOY SMITH!
(What, no Dynamite Kid or Matilda?)
The friend of the weasel, the gone-but-not-forgotten, Gino Morella himself, GORILLA MONSOON!
Latino Heat! EDDIE GUERRERO WITH MULLET!
The "Mouth of the South" JIMMY HART!
The ORIGINAL ROCK! "The Magnificent Muraco" DON MURACO!
Who can forget Handsome Harley Race? "THE KING" HARLEY RACE!
And finally, an incoherent ULTIMATE WARRIOR variant!
SWEATY BRIEFS ALERT! LATE-BREAKING SWEATY BRIEFS...DUDLEYS RELEASED AND WWE CLASSICS WAVE 9! PWF sources are telling us that the Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray and Devon), despite their legendary status and even their recently released retro versions in the BEST OF WCW/ECW Jakks line, are not having their contracts renewed by the WWE. The reasons my source cited? 1. The USA TV deal is forcing Vince McMahon to tighten contracts. (Brock Lesnar will NOT get a sweet deal to return!) 2. A lack of new ideas for the Dudleys from creative (they already tried a singles push for both with middling results). 3. An influx of new, young, cheaper talent. Look for the Dudleys to be re-signed a few months or even a year later at a cheaper price point, or to a short-term contract as needed. And some breaking rumor/news from my sources... WWE CLASSICS WAVE 9 will tentatively include: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat from Wrestlemania 2 Paul Bearer "Manager" Figure These are unconfirmed by Jakks... But my sources are (usually!) reliable...
In the next few weeks, we will be posting the following:
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Welcome to the first edition of the Plastic Wrestling Federation. The monthly column where I hope to provide news, opinion, pictures, and commentary on the world of wrestling action figures and a few tidbits about the Wrestling World in general.
We'll try and keep a somewhat positive tone here in the PWF for the most part—as I am not a figure or company "hater." I wouldn't be writing this column if I generally hated the product that Toy Biz, Jakks, and the independents produced—in fact if I did—why would I bother to write a column about it? To wallow in my misery? So for all you "figure haters" out there—and you know who you who persnickety miserable misanthropes are—this may not be the column for you. (Then again—it may! Read on!)
That said, if Jakks or Toy Biz drops the ball big time (or even small time) on a figure, sculpt, or choice, I'll call them on it—or hope that one of the readers calls them on it. And speaking of the readers—if this big wrasslin' experiment works out-- this is your column too. Write in with questions, opinions, commentary, digital pictures—and to paraphrase Jim Rome- "have a take and don't suck!" I'll post the best and most relevant commentary right here in "The People's Column."
An speaking of "The People's Column," I might have the opportunity to interview former WCW champ and current TNA Wrestler Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) and Kimberly Page in the near future… Please e-mail me any questions you think I should ask the "master of the diamond cutter" at email@example.com.
My goal is to update this column at least once a month. So without further ado… Let's look at the ultra-rare, 1 in 100—going for $700+ bucks on ebay—NEW YORK TOY FAIR 2005 EXCLUSIVE "BLOODY" TERRY FUNK!
(I can't claim credit for obtaining this figure. I have Julius Marx to thank—who attended Toy Fair this year and who generously gave me this figure because he knows I collect Wrestling figs. Julius is a truly decent fellow, and I thank him not only for this figure—but for the opportunity to write this column here at Action Figure Insider. I'd also like to thank Toy Otter—Disneyana expert and Super Powers historian extraordinaire—who designed not only the layout of actionfigureinsider.com—but the layout of this particular column. His hard work is appreciated by me! )
Anyways—the truth is-- until I heard he was going for almost A GRAND in the after-market—I was tempted to open the Funker! Why? Mainly because of the cool FUNK U t-shirt he's wearing—a shirt he made famous in his many hardcore matches in WCW, ECW and elsewhere.
If Mick Foley is the crown prince of Hardcore Wrestling—the Terry Funk has got to be the Grand-daddy of Hardcore. I mean—who else would participate in a 1995 KING OF THE JAPANESE DEATH MATCH with Mick Foley—with a barbed wire ring and exploding boards? Who else would allow ECW legend SABU to wrap him up in BARBED WIRE—and tighten a barbed wire noose around his neck??? Who but the Funker could survive 2nd & 3rd degree burns after Mick Foley hit him with a FLAMING CHAIR??? Who else can do a moonsault well into his 50s—and is probably one of the few wrestling old timers respected by young fans with chants of "HOLY SH*T! HOLY SH*T!" And for fans who don't know Terry—the violent & painful stuff I'm referring to is not "in the script!" These were legitimate injuries and incidents in the Funker's career!
The exclusive figure seems like a natural segue to do a feature on WWE CLASSIC SUPERSTARS WAVE 5… The fifth wave in Jakks line devoted to classic superstars… First up—TERRY FUNK…
REAL NAME: Terry Funk
MEMORABLE MOMENTS: Was quick on his feet when Mick Foley fell through the top of a steel cage at the infamous "Hell in the Cell" match at King of the Ring on June 28th, 1998… Improv-ed an attack on the Undertaker to give Mick Foley a chance to recover consciousness… Later in that same match carried Mick out of the ring when Mick had a dislocated shoulder, lost a tooth, and bit through his lower lip.
THE "I QUIT MATCH" versus Ric Flair where Funk actually screamed " I QUITTT!!!!"
Any of his matches with Mick Foley or his "Born to be Wired" match with Sabu.
WORST MOMENTS: Wearing pantyhose on his head, carrying a Buzzsaw and calling himself "Chainsaw Charlie." Sort of a "Leatherface" in lederhosen.
Claiming to be related to a Chippendales dancer in a black leather mask named "Jimmy Jack Funk."
Running into the ring in nothing but a hospital gown and IV stand after Degeneration X had thrown Mick Foley and him into a dumpster.
Fighting Chris Candido in a stable, throwing Candido on a pile of of horse poop, and pinning him in the fecal matter for the WCW Hardcore Championship.
Wore a Tuxedo and called himself "TUXEDO TERRY FUNK." Talk about putting a pig in a dress…
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: His bandanna is removable!
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT HIS FIGURE: He doesn't bleed!
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED: A FUNK U t-shirt! A Branding iron from the double cross ranch! Barbed Wire!
DID YOU KNOW: That Funk wrestled all three generations of the Duane "The Rock" Johnson's family? High Chief Peter Maivia, Rocky Johnson, and of course, The Great One himself—The Rock!
Terry's a member of a legendary wrestling family that includes his brother, former NWA World Champ Dory Funk, Jr.
"Chainsaw Charlie" was a name of a $1 barber Terry Funk knew—the pantyhose on his head were Chyna's—and the suspenders belonged to WWF announcer Howard Finkle.
Funk has appeared in the movies OVER THE TOP with STALLONE, ROAD HOUSE with Patrick Swayze… But it you want an honest portrayal of the 50-something hardcore legend and the daily physical pain he lives with—check out the documentary BEYOND THE MAT.
(Consider this like one of those FOX NEWS ALERTs where they get everybody all alarmed and then they show some ubiquitous freeway chase in Los Angeles. Coverage of the rest of the Wrestling Classics Wave 5 continues a bit later in the column… )
The Plastic Wrestling Federation received this press release and pics from JAKKS PACIFIC… (My comments in ALL CAPS)
JAKKS NEWS FLASH: Best of WCW and ECW action figures are coming!
Exciting, never-before done wrestling figures from JAKKS are hitting shelves this Spring with the Best of WCW and ECW action figures and Classic Superstars Series 6 assortment!
Best of WCW and ECW
JAKKS has created for the first time ever, action figures based on the top wrestlers from Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). If you are a hard core wrestling fan, then this assortment is for you! Best of ECW and WCW features twelve of the best wrestlers from Paul Heyman's ECW wrestling training ground, such as Rhino and RVD, as well as from WCW - WWE's biggest rival in the 80s, including Chris Jericho and Ric Flair. Each figure looks just as the wrestler did when they belonged to the ECW and WCW, complete with authentically detailed costumes. Check out the awesome line-up!
From ECW: Stephen Richards with the controversial (for that time) BWO outfit that is the first time that wrestlers parody rival wrestlers during their show (CUBANZOD SAYS THAT WOULD BE THE nWo PARODY WITH THE BLUE MEANIE) Rhino as the ECW Champion RVD as seen in the Best of ECW DVD Billy Kidman (CAN WE GET A SKINNIER BILLY KIDMAN BODY PLEASE?) Bubba Ray as seen in the Hardcore Haven PPV Devon as seen in the Best of ECW DVD Rey Mysterio with a new scanned head (CAN WE GET A SMALLER BODY FOR REY REY?)
From WCW: Chris Jericho in his Halloween Havoc costume and with a new scanned head Rey Mysterio in his '97 Halloween Havoc purple costume with a new scanned head Chris Benoit in his Four Horsemen t-shirt with a new scanned head Eddie Guerrero from Starcade PPV with a new scanned head Old-school WCW Ric Flair with a new scanned head
Best of WCW and ECW will be available at retailers nationwide in May for a suggested retail price of $7.99.
Classic Superstars Series 6 JAKKS is featuring nine figures in this Classic Superstars assortment, many of which have never been done before! Classic Superstars Series 6 includes, a first time Earthquake figure - with 5,000 limited edition figures featuring flocked chest hair; first time ever Wrestling Hall of Famer, Bobby "the Brain" Heenan; first time ever Doink the Clown figure; first time ever One Man Gang figure; first time ever Koko B. Ware figure with Frankie the Bird; Andre the Giant with no knee pads; and Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal from Legion of Doom, which are individually packed in their rarely seen blue costumes. Classic Superstar figures are never issued twice in the same costume, making them the most collectible JAKKS assortments.
Classic Superstars Series 6 will be available at retailers nationwide in May for a suggested retail price of $9.99.
Adrenaline Series 11 The latest assortment in the Adrenaline series features many first time figures and newly scanned heads! Adrenaline Series 11 includes a first time JAKKS figure of Paul London vs. Billy Kidman with a new scanned head; a brand new head scan for John Cena with a fabric t-shirt vs. Funaki; and Heidenreich (with brand new head scan) & Paul Heyman.
Adrenaline Series 11 are currently available at retailers nationwide for a suggested retail price of $12.99.
Ah yes—King Kong Bundy! BUNDAMANIA is running WILD! I purchased a much less articulated version of him from wrestlingsuperstore.com—back when they were producing wrestling figs…This new Bundy seems to take advantage of the YOKOZUNA body sculpt—and is a pretty good likeness of the man who headlined WRESTLEMANIA 2—losing to the immortal HULK HOGAN.
Did you know that the creators of MARRIED WITH CHILDREN were huge wrestling fans? That's why the two main families on the show—Al and Peggy BUNDY and Steve and Marcie RHODES—were named after KING KONG BUNDY and "The American Dream" DUSTY RHODES! Think I'm kidding? Ask Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt-- creators of MARRIED WITH CHILDREN—who even had King Kong Bundy guest-star on the show!
Defeating Hulk Hogan on Saturday Night's Main Event—where Bundy "avalanched" Hogan—"breaking" his ribs!
Declaring the advent of "Bundamania!" A parody of Hulk Hogan's "Hulkamania."
Headlining Wrestlemania 2, where Bundy lost to Hulk Hogan in a steel cage.
Teaming with Big John Studd and "breaking" Andre the Giant's ribs.
Inventing the "5 count." Unsatisfied with a traditional count of 3 in his victories—Bundy would force referees to count to 5!
WORST MOMENTS: The Wrestlemania sketch where Bundy was moving his bowels in the Bathroom stall. Complete with sound effects. REAL mature.
Wrestling Hillbilly Jim and 2 midgets wrestlers (the Haiti Kid and Little Beaver) at WRESTLEMANIA 3—where Bundy splashed the little midgets! Err-- little people that is!
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: The overweight body sculpt and cloth outfit.
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT HIS FIGURE: He doesn't have a spare hand to do the "five count!"
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED WITH THE FIGURE AND DIDN'T: A "BUNDAMANIA" Sign or pennant
Who doesn't love a guy calling himself "Mr. Wonderful?" Back when it was enough to be reviled merely because one was conceited—Paul Orndorff called himself "Mr. Wonderful" and preened in front of a mirror—marveling at how handsome he was. Ravishing Rick Rude and the Narcissist Lex Luger owe a creative debt to Mr. Wonderful.
Paul Orndorff was an 80s legend who teamed with Roddy Piper against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T at the first WRESTLEMANIA. Yes, Wrestlemania 1! Their feud was fueled by the fact that Piper loved bagpipe music and hated Cyndi Lauper and Rock and Roll! (These were simpler times, remember!)
Orndorff became a good guy shortly after that—turning on Piper. But Orndorff spent most of the 80s as a heel—feuding with Hulk Hogan. His career was cut short in the 90s when nerve damage caused him to lose mobility and muscle mass in one arm. He had the corrective surgery to late—and to this day one arm is noticeably larger than the other. He primarily became a trainer for new wrestlers at the now-defunct WCW Power Plant—and still wrestles at Independent Shows as one of Wrestling's Legends. At WRESTLEMANIA 21 on April 3rd—Orndorff was deservedly inducted into the WWE HALL OF FAME.
PEOPLE CALL HIM: Mr. Wonderful
MEMORABLE MOMENTS: Whacking Tony Atlas with a trophy. Ouch!
Busting Mean Gene Okerlund's balls in interviews.
Headlining Wrestlemania 1 against Hulk Hogan.
Wrestled Hulk Hogan to a "draw" in a Steel Cage Match at Saturday Night's Main Event. The Match was restarted—and Orndorff got screwed!
Was one of the "Old Age Outlaws" in WCW. Ugh.
Teamed with the 8 foot tall Mexican Frankenstein El Gigante and JYD at the Great American Bash in 1990. Where's Robocop when you need him???
Teaming with Pretty Paul Roma to form the tag-team" "PRETTY WONDERFUL." Pretty, it wasn't.
Teaming at WCW Battlebowl with "the Shockmaster," literally a wrestler in a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet covered in silver glitter. Shocking—definitely. And very, very painful to watch. Lucas should have sued!
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Note the authentic Mr. 1derful trunks and kickass robe!
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT THIS FIGURE: Nothing! It's #1derful!
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED WITH THIS FIGURE AND DIDN'T: Tony Atlas' Trophy! A mirror!
Here are the results from WRESTLEMANIA 21 on April 3, 2005, held at the STAPLES CENTER in Los Angeles…
BATISTA defeated TRIPLE H to win the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. Looks like those two will be feuding for a while now… Even Ric Flair couldn't help the fact that fans are suffering from Triple H-fatigue!
JOHN CENA defeated JBL to win the WWE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. I give him 3 months!
KURT ANGLE defeated the SHOWSTOPPER "HBK" SHAWN MICHAELS. Michaels tapped out to the Ankle lock! That, despite an AWESOME dive by Michaels off the ring and onto Angle-- who was lying prone on a commentator's table at ringside!
THE UNDERTAKER defeated THE LEGEND KILLER RANDY ORTON. Fun match which saw the return of the undertaker's Druids, Undertaker on a motorcycle—and interference from Randy Orton's dad—COWBOY BOB ORTON—to try and help his son get the win! Despite all that—the Undertaker is 14-0 at Wrestlemania!
EDGE defeated CHRIS BENOIT, SHELTON BENJAMIN, KANE, CHRISTIAN, AND Y2J CHRIS JERICHO in a very violent LADDER MATCH. Winner had to grab a briefcase full of money suspended 20 feet above the ring to win a future match against the World Champ. Benoit had his arm smashed inside the ladder several time—ouch! Shelton Benjamin bodyslammed Edge off the top of the ladder—double ouch! Benoit did a flying headbutt onto Kane from the top of the ladder and busted his forehead open—requiring stitches later than night! Other than that, a completely uneventful match!
HULK HOGAN defeated MUHAMMAD HASSAN and his aide de camp DAIVARI in an impromptu match. Basically—the "Evil Arab" Hassan—attacked the helpless EUGENE and put him in the "camel clutch!" (The Iron Sheik should sue for copyright infringement!) Hogan came out to the tune of "Real American," the crowd went apesh*t (I kid you not), and defeated the two "ragheads." Ah—the culturally insensitive 80s have returned!
ROWDY RODDY PIPER interviewed STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN. Who thought that after his devastating interview on the state of wrestling on HBO's Real Sports they'd ever see Piper in a WWE ring again? The two old-timers debated who was the bigger rebel—sissy slapped each other—then beat up Carlito Cool when he entered the ring and attacked Piper. Austin and Piper then shared a beer—and Austin gave Piper the Stone Cold Stunner.
REY MYSTERIO defeated EDDIE GUERRERO in a high-flying match. What did Eddie Guerrero do to end up in the Wrestling doghouse? Two years ago—the guy was the WWE World Champ! How Latino Heat has cooled!
TRISH STRATUS defeated Playboy Playmate CHRISTY HEMME in a match that was both unsexy and painful to watch. Couldn't they have worn lingerie and just hit each other with pillows? Would have been a better match. Lita stood around and did—uh—nothing memorable.
AN ENTIRELY SHAVED AND NAKED BIG SHOW defeated AKEBONO in a SUMO MATCH. This is where Vince McMahon tries to humiliate the Big Show into losing weight by making him shave his body hair and being in a comedy match like this.
HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS: The night prior to Wrestlemania—the WWE inducted the following wrestlers into their HALL OF FAME…
HULK HOGAN (inducted By Sylvester Stallone—whom he appeared with in ROCKY III)
PAUL ORNDORFF (inducted by former manager BOBBY "THE BRAIN" HEENAN)
RODDY PIPER (inducted by longtime friend and rival RIC FLAIR)
NIKOLAI VOLKOFF (inducted by commentator JIM ROSS)
JIMMY HART (Inducted by JERRY THE KING LAWLER)
COWBOY BOB ORTON (inducted by his son RANDY ORTON)
THE IRON SHEIK (inducted by SGT. SLAUGHTER)
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The Wrestler known as Brutus Beefcake has one of those hard-luck stories… his star was on the rise in the WWF in 1990 after a successful tag team career with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine…But a parasailing accident saw Ed Leslie's face horribly crushed—and steel plates were required to repair the broken bones in his face. It was thought he'd never wrestle again—but he did return to the ring eventually—without the youthful good looks he had previously. Fans were sympathetic—but Beefcake "after the accident" did not really catch on—and he muddled through one limp storyline after another.
His "The Barber" character saw him cutting his opponents hair after defeating them— TOTALLY de-value-ing the wrestling staple of "cutting the opponents hair" to motivate a feud. Remember when Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan cut Andre the Giant's hair? Brutus did that EVERY SINGLE MATCH. Yawn.
REAL NAME: Ed Leslie
Forming THE DREAM TEAM with GREG "THE HAMMER" VALENTINE and won the WWF Tag-Team championship. They were ultimately defeated for the straps by DAVEY BOY SMITH and the DYNAMITE KID, aka THE BRITISH BULLDOGS.
Teamed with HULK HOGAN at WRESTLEMANIA 9 against I.R.S. (which stood for IRWIN R. SHYSTER—triple ouch! Mike Rotundo, you poor sod!) and the MILLION DOLLAR MAN TED DiBIASE.
His talk show "THE BARBER SHOP." The movie was better. Yikes!
Wearing a bizarre mask to protect his face, which he later abandoned. Downright odd.
Turning "evil" on Hulk Hogan—and joining the DUNGEON OF DOOM. The Legion of Doom from the SUPER FRIENDS was scarier.
Inexplicably calling himself THE BOOTY MAN and dancing around the ring like an 80s "Flashdance" reject.
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Removable barber shirt creates a classic "Chippendales style" Brutus Beefcake
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT THIS FIGURE: Can you say Mullet?
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED WITH THIS FIGURE: World Tag Team Championship Belt, Protective Mask, and bag o' hair.
DID YOU KNOW: Ed Leslie and Hulk Hogan are good friends in real life—which some have attributed to as the reason Beefcake can survive dozens of bad gimmicks and general fan apathy
DAILY VARIETY reports that WWE RAW—the Monday Night Staple of SPIKE TV—will be returning to the USA Networks in the fall.
My sources tell me the following—most Basic Cable TV execs don't "get" wrestling and actually resent the audience it brings—because it spikes their ratings on one night—making the rest of their basic cable schedule look like crap. So far—cable channels have been unsuccessful in getting a sizeable portion of the wrestling audience to watch the rest of their programming. Add to the mix the fact that most advertisers don't want to advertise on wrestling shows because of the violent & racy content—and it's a real headache for basic cable. Unless you have a very secure person at the helm, that is.
Jamie Kellner and Brad Siegel KILLED WCW by canceling it on TNT—and selling it for a pittance to Vince McMahon. Kellner was quoted as calling wrestling "heroin" in terms of its addictive and negative effects on a network. He wanted TNT to be more upscale—and replaced wrestling with the more respectable LAW & ORDER reruns—which feature sophisticated storylines about rape, murder, hate crimes, and sexual deviancy.
USA Network reportedly got RAW for a song—at a license fee of $550,000 an episode. That's NOTHING. Vince McMahon was desperate—he needs a national platform for his Pay-Per-Views—and didn't have many options. So he called old friend Bonnie Hammer—president of USA Network and the SCI FI Network—and struck a sweet deal for USA.
As USA & SCI FI are owned by the NBC/Universal conglomerate—expect to see some Saturday Night's Main Event style specials on NBC, perhaps in the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE timeslot—to see if it outperforms re-runs of SNL..
SPIKE reportedly dumped WWE RAW because CBS/UPN/Viacom honcho Les Moonves was unhappy with what was happening with negotiations for WWE SMACKDOWN on UPN Thursday Nights, and wanted to strong-arm Vince McMahon into compliance. When the Smackdown deal fell apart, Les "cancelled" the show—and SPIKE, which is owned by Viacom—broke off talks with Vince regarding a RAW renewal.
Smackdown's future remains VERY unclear—but I would guess it will end up on Bonnie Hammer's favorite darling—THE SCI FI CHANNEL—which she ran for many years.
My predictions for SPIKE and UPN…UPN will be fine—however—the only night CSI reruns REALLY pop for SPIKE is on Monday Nights—gee—you think fans might be waiting for RAW to come on? Unlike LAW & ORDER—I don't think SPIKE will get the ratings bang nightly from CSI that TNT does with LAW & ORDER—and although they'll never EVER admit it—SPIKE will regret making this move. Far as I can tell—SPIKE now wants to be F/X… There's just ONE problem with that—there already IS an F/X Channel—with hits like NIP/TUCK, THE SHIELD, and RESCUE ME. Good luck trying to be them SPIKE, you're gonna need it!
Further muddying the waters is the fact that Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's TNA promotion—TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION WRESTLING—has now approached SPIKE about taking over the Monday 9-11 timeslot and hopefully recreating the heat of the MONDAY NIGHT WARS between WCW and WWF.
I hope it happens—not only for fans—but for the wrestlers who need an alternate place of employment other than the WWE's current monopoly. But I doubt it will happen. SPIKE would lose face if they made this move. What's the upside? We lost the best, well-known Wrestling Brand in existence and replaced it with a lesser visibility upstart? We traded big ratings for smaller ratings? But I hope TNA ends up somewhere besides weekly Pay-Per-Views and a miserable timeslot on the FOX SPORTS NETWORK.
For those of you who don't know what TNA is… I'll give you a brief thumbnail on what it is and storylines…
TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION—or TNA WRESTLING—was created by former wrestler and Vince McMahon confidante JERRY JARRETT and his son wrestler and TNA champ JEFF JARRETT. JEFF is the biggest star in the promotion—a former WCW Champ and WWF Intercontinental Champ. The up-and-coming star of the promotion is A.J. STYLES—the cocky youth who has held the world title belt at least once before. They've tried innovations like the high-flying and violent X-Division—with smaller, athletic cruiserweight wrestlers like THE AMAZING RED and LO KI. They've also trotted out innovations like a six-sided hexagonal wrestling ring—and sometimes provide a pretty good alternative to the WWE. They claim their World title has direct lineage to the NWA title of Lou Thesz, Harley Race, and Ric Flair—which was transmogrified when Ted Turner bought the NWA and changed in into WCW.
Storyline wise—here's what's been happening lately on TNA…
Director of Authority "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes is the figurehead commissioner… Jeff Jarrett has recently been feuding with names like "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, and X-Pac… This is all leading towards a SIX SIDES OF STEEL match at their April 24th Pay-Per-View (check local listings)—that will see Jeff & Monty Brown and the Outlaw face off against Nash, DDP, and Waltman/X-Pac.
Other stars floating in and out of TNA include the very talented AJ Styles, the Abyss, Raven, Chris Daniels, Jeff Hardy "The Charismatic Enigma" (which has to be the worst nickname in the history of wrestling—I'm really stoked about that—uh—enigma!), Shark Boy, Konnan and 3 LIVE CRU, Dustin Rhodes, Kid Kash, Ron "The Truth Killings, Shane Douglas, The Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, and many others.
And this press release in from TNA…Nashville, TN (April 8, 2005) – Today on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling "iMPACT!", Director of Authority, Dusty Rhodes announced that all the matches on the pay-per-view event "Lockdown" will take place in Six Sides of Steel. This will be the most barbaric night in TNA Wrestling History, and marks the first time in the history of professional wrestling an entire pay-per-view event will be held in a steel cage!
"Lockdown" was originally scheduled to feature two Six Sides of Steel matches but after recent events on "iMPACT!" the DOA Rhodes has gotten approval from management to place the entire pay-per-view event inside Six Sides of Steel.
On April 24th the entire TNA Wrestling world is essentially under lockdown. Besides the historic declaration that all matches will be held in a steel cage, little is known about Rhodes intentions for apparent lockdown of the TNA Wrestling world.
This unpredictable, dangerous and truly barbaric night is a must see event as professional wrestling's most unforgiving structure will be on display all night long. "Lockdown" continues the TNA Wrestling tradition of innovation, joining Ultimate X, King of the Mountain, Six Sided Ring, X-Division & others as exclusive to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling "iMPACT!" airs Fridays at 4PM on FSN (check local listings) with a Saturday midnight(local) replay and a Thursday night 2AM replay. TNA "Xplosion" is a syndicated program (check local listings).
I'm hoping to review Toy Biz's upcoming line of TNA Toys… MEMO TO TOY BIZ—GIVE US FANS OF THE BIZARRE LOOKING MARTIAN-SPEAKING CAJUN, SON OF A PLUMBER—WHO'S "WINED AND DINED WITH KINGS AND QUEENS, AND SLEPT IN ALLEYS AND ATE PORK & BEANS"—AN "AMERICAN DREAM" DUSTY RHODES FIGURE! COMPLETE WITH INEXPLICABLE BROWN LUMP ON HIS STOMACH!
And now—let's wrap-up coverage of
Ah, the 80s were less sensitive times! I remember General Skandor Akbar being called A 'raghead" by fans—I remember unfortunate chants of "fagg*t" against the Liberace-esque Adrian Adonis… And what was more offensive on the heels of the Iranian Hostage Crisis—then giving WWF an IRANIAN CHAMPION! One who brought the flag of IRAN to the ring before the match. They had the Iron Sheik defeat the popular-but-bland Bob Backlund on December 26, 1983 in Madison Square Garden… And then Vince made the one move that gave him the keys to his Wrestling Empire… He hired Hulk Hogan away from Verne Gagne's AWA—and seeing his popularity and profile rise after Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan) played "Thunderlips" in Rocky 3—had Hulk Hogan DEFEAT the Iron Sheik for the WWF World Title! Vinny Mac put his considerable marketing savvy behind Hogan—creating HULKAMANIA with him—but it's fair to say one could not have succeeded without the other.
The Sheik went on to form a tag-team with the equally offensive Russkie—NIKOLAI VOLKOFF… And later managed Sgt. Slaughter when he turned evil and defected to the Iraqis. (I'm NOT making this up!) Recently—THE IRON SHEIK was inducted this year into the WWE HALL OF FAME.
REAL NAME: Hossein Khosrow Vaziri
Defeating Bob Backlund with the Camel Clutch for the WWF Title at Madison Square Garden.
Losing the WWF title to HULK HOGAN
The BOOT CAMP match with Sgt. Slaughter… Flag vs. Flag!
Winning the Gimmick Battle Royale at WRESTLEMANIA 17
Managing WWF Champ and Iraqi Sympathizer SGT. SLAUGHTER!
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Authentic pointy toed Arab boots with proper emblems.
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Articulation is such that he can't do an authentic "Camel Clutch!" You gotta be kidding me!
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED: An Iranian Flag! And the World Tag Team Championship Belt!
While we're on the subject of the IRON SHEIK, I recently purchased the TOYFARE EXCLUSIVE SGT. SLAUGHTER—winner of the "Boot Camp" match against the IRON SHEIK—at WIZARD WORLD LOS ANGELES. He's shipping now to those who ordered him…
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Removable hat, glasses, Army Jacket and American Flag.
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Toyfare made a super rare "Iraqi Sympathizer" variant Sgt. Slaughter from his 90s heel days and charged $100 a pop! That blows! Even I don't own one!
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED: A World Championship belt. And a more realistic price on the variant Slaughter!
Ah yes—the Russian Bear—Nikolai Volkoff! Any wrestling promotion HAD to have an Evil Russkie Commie Villain! The then NWA was lazy—they LITERALLY had "The Russian Assassins" and even "The Cuban Assassin." Eventually the NWA opened a newspaper and came up with guys like Nikita Koloff; his uncle Ivan Koloff—and his cousin Krusher Kruschev (Barry Darsow). This year Nikolai Volkoff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, alongside his Tag Team partner THE IRON SHEIK.
REAL NAME: Josip Peruzovic
Feuding with the incomprehensibly-accented Bruno Sammartino.
Singing the Russian National Anthem before matches to a chorus of boos…
Winning the Tag Team Championships from the U.S. Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo) with the Iron Sheik at WRESTLEMANIA 1.
Volkoff's partnership with BORIS ZHUKOV, who had a disturbingly large melon—in a tag team titled THE BOLSHEVIKS. How Dr. Zhivago!
Embraced the spirit of glasnost and perestoika by teaming with illiterate cockeye HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN. Oh, the pain.
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT HIS FIGURE: Removable USSR shirt and Russian fur hat.
WHAT SUCKS ABOUT HIS FIGURE: It needed a voice chip to sing the Russian National Anthem.
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED: A USSR Flag and a World Tag Team Championship belt. Maybe a microphone to sing the aforementioned Russian National Anthem.
DID YOU KNOW THAT: In real life, Volkoff was virulently ANTI-communist, having escaped the totalitarian system in his home country of Lithuania.
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Jansson, Eugène Frederik (1862-1915)
Late Experimental Figurative Paintings During the final three years of his life, Jansson also created a group paintings that are distinguished from the previously discussed works by their boldly stylized construction of the figures. Typical examples are Two Wrestlers (Två brottare, 1912, private collection) and Sailors' Ball (Matrosbal, 1912, Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm). In these pieces, Jansson pushed his experimental handling of paint techniques further than in any other works. Instead of trying to record the appearance of body parts, he utilized the component elements of his art to create formal equivalents to them. Thus, in Two Wrestlers, thick parallel ridges of paint serve to indicate the strained muscles of their legs. Similarly, long, gently curved strokes in the Sailors' Ball evoke the swaying movements of the dance. As in these examples, most of the pictures in this group show clothed figures in public venues, such as dance halls and circus arenas. Also in contrast to his other figurative paintings, Jansson includes women in these scenes, although in such secondary roles as dance partners and spectators. Reception of Jansson's Late Figurative Works Jansson's figurative paintings were greeted with much less enthusiasm than his earlier cityscapes, and they generally received only lukewarm praise from critics. However, Thiel, who purchased the Naval Bathhouse in 1907, remained a loyal patron. Prins Eugen, the youngest son of King Oscar II, who broke with royal protocol by becoming a painter himself and exhibiting works with the Artists' Union (which he was, however, not allowed to join), also collected prominent examples of Jansson's late figurative works. In 1914, Prins Eugen purchased Weightlifter (1911), and in 1918, he acquired Young Man Standing in a Doorway (1907) and Athletes (1912). All these works are now on view at Waldemarsudde, his estate, which became a public museum after his death in 1947. The highly publicized Olympic Exhibition organized by the Artists' Union in 1912 prominently featured several of Jansson's paintings of athletes. These were the focus of the most extended analyses of Jansson's figurative work to be published during his lifetime. The art critic Tor Hedberg characterized Jansson's late paintings as an important and original contribution to Swedish art. In particular, he praised the naturalistic modeling of the nude bodies and the sense of atmospheric light infusing the scenes. However, most other commentators expressed significant reservations about Jansson's late work, and they characterized his attention to body parts as excessive and exaggerated. From a queer perspective of the early twenty-first century, one cannot help but consider these remarks as oblique (perhaps unconscious) indications of the writers' discomfort with the homoeroticism of Jansson's figures. Although not mentioned in any published commentary, the erotic power of Jansson's paintings of athletes was noted by the homosexual artist Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (1884-1965). In comments that he made in his diary shortly after visiting the Olympic Exhibition, Adrian-Nilsson claimed that the expression of sexual desire was the primary purpose of Jansson's late paintings. However, despite the fact that he shared Jansson's sexual orientation, Adrian-Nilsson condemned Jansson's focus on material beauty and his apparent disinclination to express higher spiritual ideals. It should be emphasized that Adrian-Nilsson's comments reflect his own commitment to abstraction and that he almost certainly was not condemning the artist's lifestyle from a moralizing perspective. The late paintings continued to be regarded with disdain in the years following Jansson's death. Thus, despite the strong advocacy of Karl Nördsrom, the prominent writer and collector Klas Fåhraeus refused to include any of Jansson's figurative works in the major exhibition of contemporary Swedish art that he organized at the Liljevalchs Gallery, Stockholm, in 1918. Fåhraeus justified the exclusion of these works by claiming that the Swedish public was not prepared to accept such naturalistic depictions of nude male bodies. Jansson's Final Year On January 16, 1915, Jansson suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which left him paralyzed on one side. For the remainder of his life, he was cared for by Rudolf Rydström (called Rulle), who had been trained as both a wrestler and a nurse. Rydström had become well known in artistic circles as the model for the predominant nude figure in Carl Larsson's Sacrifice for Winter Solstice (1914-15), a monumental painting, originally intended for the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Rydström perfectly exemplified the type of younger athletic man that most appealed to Jansson. In a diary entry of May 12, 1915, Nördstrom described a recent visit to Jansson's home. In eloquent prose, Nördstrom revealed how deeply touched he had been by the exceptional tenderness that Rydström displayed as he cared for Jansson, and he also noted the contentment that Jansson seemed to feel in Rydström's company.
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Culture ShockWhen the Rainbow is EnufFollowing a successful run at the Desert Rose Playhouse, Ntozake Shange's choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, migrates to Out ch'Yonda (929 Fourth Street SW) this week. You don't know what a choreopoem is? Don't feel too bad—you aren't alone. In this case, a choreopoem is a chain of performed poems recited by nameless women identified only by colors. Shange's piece debuted on Broadway back in the '70s and is consistently praised for its powerful writing and poetic exploration of the lives of black women. The show runs Friday, Aug. 17, and Saturday, Aug. 18, at 8:15 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 19, at 3:15 p.m. $10 at the door, $2 for Barelas neighbors of the theater. (How cool is that?) Since space is limited, you might want to call 385-5634 to make reservations. Ahhhh, Bunny!The Albuquerque Little Theatre (224 San Pasquale SW) is holding auditions for an upcoming production of Bunnicula, a musical about a vampire bunny to be directed by Kristin Berg. The title role will be played by a puppet, so if you're a certified puppet master you'll definitely want to give these folks a call. There are several live roles to fill as well. Auditions will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, and Sunday Aug. 19, with possible callbacks on Monday, Aug. 20. Call the ALT box office to sign up for a 30-minute audition block. If interested, you'll need to perform a snippet of up-tempo music from any musical. Bring sheet music for the accompanist, along with a resume and a head shot. You may have to do some cold readings from the script, too. 242-4750. | Today's EventsMusical Chairs (2011) at South Broadway Cultural CenterA feature film on the joys and human connection of ballroom dancing. Vincent in Brixton at Aux Dog TheatreBlood Flower at BookworksMore Recommented Events ›› | |
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January 14, 2004 | By | COMMENTSAre you sick of competency?
Of food blogs run by competent people with flawless track records and no history of salmonella?
Are you tired of not having salmonella?
You've come to the right place.
I'm The Amateur Gourmet: a completely untrained, unaccomplished culinary lout with absolutely no expertise in anything having to do with food. I have an immature palate, an understocked pantry and a penchant for purchasing food that's already been prepared. In my defense, I watch Martha Stewart religiously.
Why, then–you may be wondering–have I sired a website dedicated to food? Mightn't I have sired a website seeking the removal of the word "sire" from everyday parlance? Removing "parlance" from the parlance as well?
The answer is easy. Despite my lack of knowledge, I have a great deal of curiosity when it comes to all things food related. A piddling passion, so to speak. My friends, unfortunately, think this is silly.
"This is silly," my friends say. "Can't you focus on something interesting? Like trashy romance novels?"
[In their defense, my friends have a trashy romance novel reading club. On second thought, that doesn't really work in their defense.]
But my passion is persistent. Already, I have made several meaningful contributions on established food sites like Chowhound and eGullet. The time has come for a forum of my own. A place where I can hang my hat and say: "Thanks for holding my hat." And I think this is it.
The Amateur Gourmet (that's me) has three major goals with his site:
Goal #1: To encourage young people (ages 2 through 7) to dine out at really nice restaurants. Too often, young Americans (David Bowie included) think of fine dining as something their parents do. They don't realize how exciting and invigorating a really great meal can be. Thus, The Amateur Gourmet will feature a section titled "Youth Culture Out To Dine" in which he takes his unsuspecting peers out to nice restaurants, recounting the experience in great, almost annoying detail.
Goal #2: To encourage young people to cook more. Using my digital camera and my stove, I will serve as your very own private Lewis and/or Clark; stalking my way across the knotty kitchen terrain, attempting recipes your own mother wouldn't dare and then reporting back. Hopefully, you will be so inspired by my derring-do that you will drop the computer you're reading this on and go cook something yourself. (NOTE: I am not responsible for any dropped computers).
Goal #3: To become an internet phenomenon. Look, I'm not going to lie. I'm a third year law student without any desire to practice law. When people ask me what I'm doing next year, I stare at them dumbly and mumble hoping they think I've swallowed a chromosome. The truth is that the one thing I'm good at, the one thing that I care most about is writing. And this website allows me the opportunity to wrap my words around something that we all care enough about to do several times a day: masturbation. I mean: food consumption. Thus, my third goal is selfish. Love me, love me, love me!
We have now reached the end of my long, eye-numbing introduction. Hungry yet? I hope you will join me in making The Amateur Gourmet the greatest website the internet has ever known. Please post comments in the comments section and forward the site on to your friends. Happy Reading!
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I'm wanting to create a FreeNAS 8 backup box at home with 4x 3TB HDD's with HDD 1,2 striped and HDD 3,4 striped with the 2 arrays then mirrored. Is this possible in FreeNAS 8? I can't seem to figure out where to do this in the interface. I was sure back in FreeNAS 7 this was possible. |
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You can do it but not through the interface:
zpool create tank mirror ds0 ds1 zpool add tank mirror ds2 ds3 Then import through the interface. Edit: I learnt how to do this here: http://forums.freenas.org/archive/index.php/t-1815.html Turns I missed the 'zpool export' command. last edited by Morgan at 13:15:59 23/Apr/12 |
why would you do that for a backup box?? just stick with the standard ZFS RAID or RAID5.Last time I used Raid 5 I had 2 drives of the 4 die within 2 hours of each other. It was completely gay... You can do it but not through the interface:Sweet, trying now. |
Last time I used Raid 5 I had 2 drives of the 4 die within 2 hours of each other. It was completely gay... sounds like something on your end killed those drives, perhaps a UPS would be a good investment |
Last time I used Raid 5 I had 2 drives of the 4 die within 2 hours of each other. It was completely gay.. Similar situation here. I had my machine lose power during the verify/rebuild after one HDD died. Lost the array and had to buy R-Studio to recover the data from two of the remaining uncorrupted drives, took many many many hours ... Given a verify/rebuild can take hours with onboard/software RAID during which time it is extremely fragile and you're not even supposed to cleanly reboot until it's finished, I'm never touching software RAID again. Would go a hardware controller, but that's some serious $$$. perhaps a UPS would be a good investment Costly for a decent one, and with its own risks. Bought a few regular $150-200 ones for work for non-critical applications. One of them actually smoked and caught fire on its own. A similar UPS I had at home blew the motherboard of my PC when the power cable was knocked. last edited by parabol at 17:09:19 23/Apr/12 |
sounds like something on your end killed those drives, perhaps a UPS would be a good investmentYeah possibly. At the moment I'm playing around with FreeNAS in a VM until I get the setup I want. I might even with with Drive 1/2 as a mirror and Drive 3 and 4 as Raid 0 and use Drive 1/2 for my stuff I really want to keep which will be backed up to the Interwebs as well. Drives 3 and 4 can be for stuff I don't really care about like Music backups, TV backups, etc. http://forums.freenas.org/archive/index.php/t-1815.htmlAlso this totally worked :) |
I think ZFS as software raid is fine. Windows raid and the like is a lil' different though. I think a bunch of disks (6-8) in RAIDZ2 and one/two spare disks and you'd be laughing (plus an ssd for cache :P). FreeNAS will be super awesome when it gets dedupe.